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High frequency of hemolytic and cytotoxic activity in Aeromonas spp. isolated from clinical, food and environmental in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 Jun 2009
Castilho Magda C B, Castro Tatiana L A, Araújo Viviane S, Trajano Rosemere S, Santos Paula A, Pimenta Paula M C, Lucheze Kely, Melo Janyne T B, Gonçalves Aline M, Nogueira Raquel T, de Luna Maria Graças, Freitas-Almeida Angela C
Abstract excerpt
Molecular study of aerolysin and cytotonic enterotoxin genes by PCR and colony blot hybridization was performed in 117 strains of Aeromonas spp. isolated from different sources. Homogeneous distribution of these genes in A. hydrophila complex strains was observed. For A. caviae and A. sobria complex strains, aerolysin genes were more frequent than cytotonic enterotoxins genes. Of 64 A. caviae complex strains,...
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